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3. What factors led to the rise of fascism in Italy?

Disappointment over failure to win large territories at the Paris Peace Conference.

3. Compare the militarists in Japan with the European Fascists?

In Japan the militarists did not try to establish a new system of government. They wanted to restore traditional control of the government to the military.

4. How did Hitler maintain power?

Terror, manipulation, creating jobs, a strong German economy, and controlling every aspect of German life through propaganda.

3. How did World War I change the balance of economic power in the world?

The US and Japan came out of the war in better financial shape than before. WWI left every major European country nearly bankrupt.

5. How did Europe respond to the economic crisis?

The depression confronted democracies with serious challenges to their economic and political system.

4. How did literature in the 1920s reflect the uncertainty of the period?

The people were uncertain of wether to keep using democracy or to start using their ideas and be creative.

5. What were the effects of isolationism and appeasement?

Escalation of war or aggression of the Axis Power. They also became more powerful.

5. What impact did the increased use of the automobile have on average people?

Families were able to travel more for fun, cars were now affordable. Cars were easier for transportation, they were faster, and they were fun.

4. Which countries formed the Axis Powers?

Germany, Italy, and Japan.

3. Why were the ideas of Einstein and Freud revolutionary?

They showed how people and things worked and how their minds and ideas are still being used today. It's also the peoples perspective of how the world changed.

4. What problems did the collapse of the American economy cause in other countries?

War debts and demands on American loans and investments.

5. Why did the leadership of many eastern European nations fall to dictators?

With no democratic experience and severe economic problems, many of the Europeans saw dictatorships as only to prevent instability.